Application saving?

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Hi all,

Does anybody have any idea as to what percentage of apps use this paradigm for saving files?

-create temp file
-write app data to temp file
-delete original file
-rename the temp file to the original file name

All the office apps appear to use this sequence of operations (or one roughly similar) to save a file. Notably, notepad does not. I was just wondering if anybody has a feel for how common this is during saves with apps, or is it mostly unique to office apps.

Thanks,
Alex

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It is pretty common since it is safe.

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Don Burn (MVP, Windows DDK)
Windows 2k/XP/2k3 Filesystem and Driver Consulting
Website: http://www.windrvr.com
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> Hi all,
>
> Does anybody have any idea as to what percentage of apps use this paradigm
> for saving files?
>
> -create temp file
> -write app data to temp file
> -delete original file
> -rename the temp file to the original file name
>
> All the office apps appear to use this sequence of operations (or one
> roughly similar) to save a file. Notably, notepad does not. I was just
> wondering if anybody has a feel for how common this is during saves with
> apps, or is it mostly unique to office apps.
>
> Thanks,
> Alex
>
>

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Nowadays there is a new paradigm - using file system transactions, available in Vista.

Slava Imameyev , xxxxx@hotmal.com

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And how many apps do you know of which are only written for Vista? Sorry,
many app’s are not even written for one OS.

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Don Burn (MVP, Windows DDK)
Windows 2k/XP/2k3 Filesystem and Driver Consulting
Website: http://www.windrvr.com
Blog: http://msmvps.com/blogs/WinDrvr
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> Nowadays there is a new paradigm - using file system transactions,
> available in Vista.
>
> ------
> Slava Imameyev , xxxxx@hotmal.com
>